Regrecover

Regrecover can open any registry file, no matter how corrupted it may be. It linearly reads all data that are still available and then rebuilds their structure. The rebuilt structure can be exported into a new, non-corrupt hive. The recreated hive can be used as a replacement for the corrupted one if (and only if) all essential data are still available. When running "Estimate size of recreated hive" the result should not be less than about 90 percent of the original file size. The new hive contains the sub keys of the root key, but not the disconnected keys. The latter can be exported into Template Reg files, which then have to be edited by the user before they can be imported back into the hive. Regrecover is specially designed for strongly damaged registry files. Unlike RegdatXP, it linearly reads all cells of a registry file and then tries to rebuild the structure. It should be used when RegdatXP just displays a single key without any subkeys or even says it`s an invalid registry file. The former usually means the information about where the subkeys of the root cell are located has been destroyed, thus making it necessary to scan the whole file for possible subkeys. The full version can export all data into a Win9x/NT4 registration file, and can rebuild a new hive from the corrupted one. In best case the recreated hive can be used as a replacement for the corrupted one. For larger files the scan Process can take several minutes, and at least 512 MB Ram are recommended.